The Broken-hearted She And The Icy He (Lily and John) novel Chapter 620

Chapter 620 The Stench of Truth

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Tears streaming, she shook her head desperately. “You can’t treat me like this! Simon, I really…

WOO…”

Two filthy socks were jammed firmly into her mouth.

The stench made her eyes roll white; strength seemed to drain from her at once. If Jackson’s men hadn’t gripped her shoulders tight, she might have convulsed to the ground.

Jackson had already opened her recent call log. The top entry was a call from a man named Tigre. He tapped the name with a finger, and his arrogant features darkened. Seeing Elsa’s lips trembling with panic, he guessed Tigre was likely the kidnapper ringleader.

He wasted no time and dialed.

“Miss, what would you have me do?”

Tigre picked up quickly. As soon as the call connected, the roar of waves came through the line. Jackson’s suspicion hardened. Tigre and his men were probably already on a boat trying to flee -yet they had driven a pregnant woman off the cliff into the sea, leaving her nearly certain to die. He couldn’t possibly let them walk away.

Ashton, standing nearby, heard everything. He wasn’t willing to let the kidnappers escape either. One of his bodyguards could mimic voices; he had him come over and imitate Elsa.

Jackson typed rapidly, and the bodyguard read the words on his phone: “Tigre, I’m worried about you all. Are you safe? Don’t worry, Miss—after we threw Lily off the cliff, we boarded and left quickly. We’ll lie low in Harbortown until this blows over, then head back to Capital City. Don’t worry, Miss—you’re Jimmy’s only bloodline. Even if Jimmy’s gone, my brothers and I will take care of you; we’ll go through fire and water for you.”

“Tigre, thank you.”

The bodyguard, mimicking Elsa’s tone, added earnestly, “This whole thing was thanks to you. I don’t know how badly Lily would have bullied me if not for you. Have you found a place in Harbortown? There’s a villa Simon once gave me–if you haven’t found lodging yet, you can stay there.”

Tigre had expected to rent a room in Harbortown. But who wanted a rented room when they could take a villa? He thought keeping a little of Elsa’s favor for himself was fine. After a moment’s thought he replied respectfully, “Then I’ll thank you on behalf of Lao Mao and the others.”

The bodyguard then told Tigre the villa’s location and its gate code. Of course the villa wasn’t Simon’s gift to Elsa–it belonged to Jackson. Jackson and Ashton had quietly stationed men

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near the villa, ready to catch them in a trap.

Bitch!

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Elsa wasn’t a fool–she knew Jackson planned to lure Tigre and his men to the villa and capture them. She raged inside. I wish I could find Lily’s body and tear it apart.I wish I could rip that madman Jackson to pieces.

But her body was held fast by Jackson’s men and her mouth stuffed with foul socks; she couldn’t make Jackson pay, nor could she form a single whole word.

When Jackson ended the call, hatred rose in Simon’s eyes like a tide of blood. He was already stunned and furious that Elsa had impersonated Lizzy; the idea that she’d staged the kidnapping himself made his blood run cold.

Once the fog lifted, his mind raced. Elsa had wanted Lily to see, with her own eyes, whom Simon would choose. Since Elsa had staged it, she must have maliciously told Lily that he was her boy. Lily had truly learned his identity. In those two days under the rubble she had entrusted everything to him. He could not imagine how devastated she must have felt when he abandoned her—she must regret ever comforting and encouraging him. She might even feel disgusted by their meeting.

Regret and self–loathing gnawed at him until he felt like dying. He clutched his chest as if to squeeze the pain out.

“Elsa, you had Lizzy shoved off the cliff-”

His voice went thin and cold, sharper than a blood–stained blade. “You deceived me, treated me like a fool… You hurt Lizzy again and again, and even tried to have her killed with her babies. I won’t simply send you off to die–ending your life cleanly would be too cheap for you. I will let you live in fear and never be able to die. Elsa, for the rest of your life, I will not have peace— and neither will you. We both belong in hell!”